At your puny knowledge of the subject; conflating addiction and dependence, which I just proved to you — with sources — are two distinct medical concepts. Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder, and dependence is a biopsychological situation.

Did you miss this part here:

A drug addiction, a distinct concept from substance dependence

I laugh at your puny knowledge of the subject

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction

Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.

neuropsychological disorder

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_dependence

Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual’s functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has developed within the individual from psychoactive substance consumption that results in the experience of withdrawal and that necessitates the re-consumption of the drug.[1][2] A drug addiction, a distinct concept from substance dependence, is defined as compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences.[1][2] An addictive drug is a drug which is both rewarding and reinforcing.[

biopsychological situation

#A drug addiction, a distinct concept from substance dependence

Addiction and dependence are two different things. You can be dependent without addiction or addicted without dependence. For one cannabis can make people addicted, but the myth from that is because it doesn’t really cause any sort of physical dependence.

On the other hand lyrica etc benzos for example and especially opiates will cause physical dependence, and even if you don’t like want to take the pills, as in you don’t crave them, you’re not addicted to them, you may be dependent and then get withdrawal from quitting.

Addiction can also cause withdrawal, but psychological withdrawal is a bit different than physical.

Addiction and dependence are two different things. You can be dependent without addiction or addicted without dependence. For one cannabis can make people addicted, but the myth from that is because it doesn’t really cause any sort of physical dependence.

On the other hand lyrica etc benzos for example and especially opiates will cause physical dependence, and even if you don’t like want to take the pills, as in you don’t crave them, you’re not addicted to them, you may be dependent and then get withdrawal from quitting.

Addiction can also cause withdrawal, but psychological withdrawal is a bit different than physical.

If alcohol works it might be neuropathic pain and then this could work on it as well, using some of the same mechanisms of action as alcohol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabapentin

But I dislike giving medical advice as am not a doctor. Something to research at least.

That’s a line straight out of the anti-abolitionist in America and many, many other places that have slavery or caste systems

My point exactly. It’s dehumanising to assume anyone is “born to serve” or some shit like that, but in the books, that’s basically what the elves are. Like it’s not just that the people are saying that, they’re actually magical entities formed from the house. Kinda like dementors are just formed from murderous anger and hostility and all things bad. That’s my point; if you buy into the assumption that such things can be born out of notions or ideas, then it would sort of make sense to have creatures which are so dedicated to house-work. Perhaps the reason I find it easy to understand is because of the Finnish lore about house elves I heard long before ever reading JKR.

The bit I pasted isn’t all the myth there is and they’re not always feared as such. I think there could be way more respect allowed to them in the wizarding world, seeing how powerful they actually are. It would’ve been much cooler for them to have like “risky” servants in the sense that unless they’re allowed the proper respect and protocol and whatnot, they’ll make anyone’s life hell. Like a nasty but very proper matron, who you wouldn’t want to piss off and even the lord of the house would make sure to clean mud off his shoes before coming in to avoid a bollocking.

Yeah, it kept almost being interesting, but as I first read it when it was actually coming out and we had no idea of JKR’s budding insanity (honestly, we got to admit that most artists are kinda crazy, so that’s unsurprising, she’s just crazy in a really toxic way that’s harmful to others) I was around 14 years old so back then I looked at it quite differently. Basically I aged the same time as the characters did, and it was a nice escape.

But yeah, there’s definitely much that could be done with it. I honestly would like to see like a Harry Potter universe version of a show like “Andor”. Like super gritty and political compared to the originals, and mainly not written by the original author, but just using the setting. Like get some of the original cast back and see Daniel Radcliffe actually hunting dark wizards in his thirties. Some non-terf people to write the show, actually good writing, R-rating. I’d watch the shit out of that.

edit also you’ve not convinced me hagrid is an angry person just because he did a little bit of magic on Dudley

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease. Wheat allergy is different. With celiac disease, you’ll “just” cause long term damage to your small intestine.

With a wheat allergy, a person could have an anaphylactic reaction. Because allergies are different.

It’s like how lactose intolerance is different from a dairy allergy. Although confusing them is quite understandable.

There’s also a lot of increasing evidence or NCGS, non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

2 years ago I thought it was just a 40-year old Karen fad, then I read about NCGS, went on a gluten and casein free diet (no gluten products or any sort of dairy) and it solved the stomach issues and sort of physical anxiety I had had all my life.

I’d like to try a double blind to see how accurate I am in recognising when. But for instance I could genuinely never binge drink, but now that I’ve stopped drinking beer and am off gluten and stomach feels fine, I’m able to drink and enjoy red wines. A bit too much, actually.

But I exposed myself every few months or so and every time the same. Am currently on the toilet after having eaten gluten and dairy yesterday and it’s not as painful as it used to be every day before going on this diet. But the poop is orange and floats. So clearly affected.

So yah. A fee years ago I would’ve mocked someone who’s avoiding gluten like that. Now I won’t. And I do know the “I can have a little” thing, gluten is just so bloody addictive. Celiac disease is a spectrum, so people with light celiac disease could feasibly eat a tiny bit of gluten every now and then. It’s just the collective effect of having it in your diet daily which causes the long term damage and inflammation.

Was she pregnant?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/call-the-midwife-what-is-pica-and-why-do-some-pregnant-women-crave-coal/

He would prolly enjoy Finland. Our eggs are safe to eat raw.

Doubt it. Pussies like him avoid physical conflict at all costs, even though they would never admit it.

I’m like 99% sure he’s just taken a line too strong of ketamine and literally zoned out and hit his face on the table. He’s right handed right? So he’d take his right hand to his nose and snort with his left nostril, then have that hit a bit too hard and fall on the right side of his face.

That is true as well.

But having like a few pc’s and a microgrow going in a small dark room isn’t too far from a sauna

And if Charles Dance can do it, so can you.

https://youtu.be/wbvKEgoPt88

“verge of”

Bro he went off that ledge like 10 years ago

Literally my first thought as well.

Like if you see a kid with a bruised knee, you don’t assume he’s been in a fight, you know it’s a kid and kids fall down all the time.

Same with ket addicts.

He hasn’t fought with anyone you guys, he’s been high as fuck and hit his face on a table or something.

I always found “hikikomori” very amusing, because if it was slightly different, and written “hikikomero”, it would literally mean “sweat closet” in Finnish (hiki = sweat, komero =closet) , which is a very apt concept for how lots of hikikomori live.

How is Hagrid an angry person?

He’s super kind. A tad emotional at times, but not angry.

Also the Irish kid blowing up things is from the movies, not from the books.

anyone who pushes against the natural order is wrong

I mean I get where you’re coming from, I’ve always been bothered by the whole premise of “lol if the muggles knew we had magic they want us to help them so we can’t tell them” and just how unrealistic it would be to be able to keep such a thing a secret, especially when it’s canon and central to the story even that sometimes muggle families have a magical kid, and it can even be just one of siblings. Tweeners are so bad at keeping secrets. Imagine that you’re in a regular school and have regular friends until you’re 11 and then just vanish from their lives or somehow manage to still see them but… you won’t tell them you’re actually magic? Anything about what you’re studying, where your school is, etc etc? Right.

However we can’t deny that within that world the deatheaters are clearly even more racist and evil, and that the main characters fight against them.

Anyway Rowling is batshit nowadays I’m not defending her but I found your criticism factually inaccurate at those small parts so…

It is kinda silly how the wizarding society treats elves, but also it’s not as crazy diegetically, because the crazy author has written the story in the way that the house-elves actually do pretty much crave it. Which in itself is kinda… ew, but it’s not as offensive as it sounds, imo, as the starting concept, seeing as she was probably taking inspiration of mythical house elves, and those are sort of a more respectful concept, but clearly where JKR has drawn from.

The early house elves were by no means merely benevolent figures. The elf was believed to observe the life of the household very closely and judgementally. If the household members did not live in a well-behaved and diligent manner, the easily irritated elf could remind them of his existence, for example by causing a disturbance similar to haunting. At worst, the elf could leave the ill-mannered house altogether, taking happiness away from the house.

Christmas was an important celebration for house elves. On Christmas night, people would prepare a plate of porridge for the elf and put it where the elf was known to live, such as the sauna, barn, stable or attic. It was also customary to leave food for elves at the Christmas table for Christmas night.

https://www.kansallismuseo.fi/en/items-of-the-month/2022/tontut

That’s Finnish folklore, not JKR’s writings. I’ve left out food for tonttus as a kid.

The ancient Romans thought a large penis was less desirable. You could mock someone for being big.

Well yes but no. Aesthetically, it was considered vulgar. So was drinking wine “raw”, but people still got plenty drunk all the time. And no matter the fashion of the statues of the time, sex still worked the same.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences

idk if reading a billionaire author’s own statement (managed by a billionaire’s pr-team) on the billionaire’s own site is “the most complete picture you can get”.

I’ve read the text as well, and that isn’t too crazy. But it’s honestly just dog-whistling, as you can see from her going utterly BATSHIT crazy on social media.

Edit not to mention highly illogical. She literally wants a law saying this guy must use the women’s bathroom:

And you don’t think he will get harassed when he goes into the ladies’ because he was born with a vagina?

Or that this person won’t get harassed when they have to go the men’s:

You can prolly see why TERF views aren’t actually feminist at all